Improvement in clips for vehicle-springs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BOWDEN, ()F NEWTOWN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLIPS FOR VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,005., dated August13, 1878; application filed May 9, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN BOWDEN, of Newtown, in the county of Queens andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMeans of Attaching Springs to Axles of Wagons and other Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention consists in certain combinations of details, in which thecollar of the axle against which the wheel of the vehicle works isshrunk on the axle, and has combined with it one or more plates, throughwhich the clips that hold the springs supporting the body of the vehicleare passed, thus making the means which secure the springs, or certainof said means, an integral portion of the axle, whereby the springs aremore securely held in place, and by a combination of wedges with one ofsaid plates the springs and blocks on which the springs rest are stillmore securely clamped, and other advantages are obtained.

Figure 1 represents a side view of one end portion of a wagon-axle inpart, with one of the springs on which the body of the vehicle rests insection, and my improved means of attaching said spring applied to theaxle. Fig. 2 is an irregular sectional view of the same in direction ofthe length of the axle, and Fig. 3 a transverse section thereof.

A is the square or body portion of the axle, and A its one journal ortrunnion end, on which the wheel or axle-box of the latter rotates. Bisthe axle-collar for the wheel on the inner end of the journal A. Thiscollar, instead of being independent, as heretofore, of the means bywhich the spring 0 is attached to the axle, I forge in one piece with anup per plate, D, and also preferably with a lower plate, D, applied tothe square or body portion of the axle in direction of the length of thelatter, and shrink the collar with its attached plate or plates ontothe'axle. Said plates constitute a portion of the means by which thespring 0 is attached to the axle, and by the union of the collar B withsaid plates, or more especially with the plate D,

which rests on the upper side of the axle, and the shrinkage of saidcollar on the axle, a permanent security is obtained for the springagainst movement of it in direction of the length of the axle.

The plate D, which may be of any desired length, and of awidth so as toextend beyond or over the sides of the axle, has slots b b in it for thelegs of the clips E E, which secure the spring 0, to pass through. Saidplate D gives a broad bearing for the block G, on which the springdirectly rests, to lie on, and so enables a spring-block made of wood tobe used without impairing its durability or exposing it to liability ofbeing out. The legs of the clips E E also pass through the lower plate,I), and are secured by nuts 0 0 below; but this lower plate might bedispensed with and ordinary independent clip-plates be substituted.

To give increased .stability to the spring in its attachment to theaxle, keys or wedges d d, which are preferably split, are insertedthrough the slots b b on the outside of the staples, and serve tosecurely clamp or bind the staples tightly against the spring G andblock G, on which the spring rests.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the axleA A and collar B, shrunkthereon, of one or more plates applied to the axle and attached to orforged in one piece with said collar, and constructed to receive throughit or them the clips which hold the spring that supports the body of thevehicle, substantially as specified. i

2. The combination of the sprin g-supportin g block G with the plate Dand collar B, formed in one piece with said plate and shrunk on theaxle, essentially as described.

3. The wedges d d, in combination with the slotted plate D, the collarB, formed in one piece with said plate and shrunk on the axle, the clipsE E, and the block G, on which the vehicle-spring rests, substantiallyas specified.

JOHN BOWDEN.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. BROWN, FRED. HAYNES.

